Cuckoos and Anis
Order: Cuculiformes. Family: Cuculidae
The family Cuculidae includes cuckoos, roadrunners and anis. These birds are of variable size with slender bodies, long tails and strong legs. Unlike the cuckoo species of the Old World, North American cuckoos are not brood parasites. There are 138 species worldwide and 13 species which occur in Hong Kong.
- Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
- Large Hawk-Cuckoo Cuculus sparverioides
- Hodgson's Hawk Cuckoo Hierococcyx nisicolor (A)
- Northern Hawk-Cuckoo Cuculus hyperythrus (A)
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
- Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus (A)
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus (A)
- Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
- Asian Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx maculatus (A)
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopacea
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Hong Kong
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